Whether or not there's a scientific benefit to being bald—we'll let the follically challenged among us be the judge of that—scientists continue to search for a balding cure. According to UCLA researchers, that isn't completely out of the question. A team, led by Heather Christofk, PhD, and William Lowry, PhD, found a new way to activate the stem cells in the hair follicle to make hair grow. Their findings, published in the journal Nature Cell Biology, may lead to new drugs to promote hair growth or work as a cure for baldness or alopecia (hair loss linked to factors like hormonal imbalance, stress, aging or chemotherapy).
